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Same image printed on a Panasonic 24pin #dotmatrix (via CUPS and a #raspberrypi3
Maybe we need a #shittyprinterchallenge ;)
#shittycamerachallenge
(it does look a bit better on paper vs the scan. A little bit!)
#dotmatrix
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First string printed!
Playing around with simulating old school dot matrix (and impact printer!) printer paper with the perforations and the registration holes and everything. #CSS #HTML #DotMatrix https://codepen.io/artlung/pen/ZYYNJOx
(with improved color from @Meyerweb ) (and alternate color from @tantek.com )
codepen.ioCreating text stripes (and simulating ancient printer paper) in CSS with our pal, the lh unit....
Yes human, this thing still counts as a cat bed.
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Also delivered were two wide-format dot matrix tractor feed printers!
These things are in rough shape: the foam padding is crumbling to dust, there's metal plating flaking off the rods, and they're just generally full of dust and debris and undoubtedly spider eggs. My relative insists that they work, though. When pressed, they explained that they worked perfectly thirty or forty years ago.
[Edit: forgot to add the pictures.]
J'ai réparé mon imprimante matricielle ! 
C'est une Star LC-10, elle imprimait un début de ligne et le chariot se bloquait avant que l'imprimante ne se mette en erreur.
J'ai vérifié l'alimentation, la commande du moteur du chariot, RAS.
Au final c'était un problème mécanique, j'ai graissé les éléments mobiles du chariot et j'ai fait tourner le ruban encreur dans sa cartouche avec une visseuse électrique, et ça m'a l'air bon maintenant !
Testé avec mon #Atari Mega STE et le traitement de texte Papyrus (et pas la bonne fonte!)
#dotmatrix #printer #retrocomputing
Specifications for the Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer from its manual. In 1984 these were fairly typical for 9 pin printers, though things like Near Letter Quality mode were less common (a mode that increased the effective resolution of each character: normal mode characters had to fit in a 8x9 grid, while NLQ characters had a denser 12x18 grid for the same size - this allowed 9 pin printers to stay relevant a bit longer though at the cost of printing speed).
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While I did order a new oooold stock ink ribbon cartridge for my printer, I decided to try the WD-40 trick to revive an old ribbon.
Verdict: it mostly works!
Why buy boring white paper when you could have glorious dull pastels reminiscent of the wardrobe choices of Miami Vice? Also, look at that font! Perfect 80s vibes.
My banners are going to look totally rad.
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Well, internal test works - ribbon is pretty much dead but that was to be expected. Still, it sounds pretty good now. Will try to revive the ribbon.
Warning: might be loud.
Edit: Connected it to my Apple IIe's parallel printer card later on and I was able to print from BASIC. So it works.
#dotmatrix Porn for you #nerdsofmastodon. I get to print my first banner for 32nd year of #Intenet in #Turkey.
#retrocomputing #permacomputing #asciiart
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Well, this cat decided he likes this 80s-style bed.
Side by side view of my two Epson LX-80 dot matrix printers. The one on the right I got free at #VCFEast really needs a good cleaning before I'll start testing it.
Remember when computing-related books had fun stuff like DIP switch settings?
I got a decent C64 lot on eBay
Packed by the seller as typical retro items - no to little packing
The printer cover broke on the upper left corner. The Seller likely thought the original boxes would be enough It went from Central NY to Allentown, PA then Cincinnati, OH, and finally to Northern NY to me over 10 days The shipping box is so beaten up from the trip, I can't tell if it was new or old
#Commodore #C64 #Commodore64
#1541 #DotMatrix
New font release: Norma; full name: Dorothy Norma; full full name: Dorothy Norma Matrix P Condensed.
A fantasy 13-pin dot matrix printer font based on the DIN 6776 / TGL 31034 lettering.
Available without payment from https://drj11.itch.io/norma-font
itch.ioNorma Font by David Jones (CubicType)A dot matrix font based on DIN lettering
My body is getting ready for 2025 #Marchintosh #vintageapple #imagewriter #dotmatrix #globaltalk
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Book and card got here, will be plugging in the latter this weekend in my Apple //e and connecting it to my Epson LX-80. I already had a PDF for the manual, but the real spiral bound thing is so much nicer!
Just bought a book from eBay that comes with a weird dongle. Looking forward to reading it, I'm sure it will be exciting.
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Just something I made in GIMP. An edit of a databending of an edit of a photo.